Didiscus Lacy Series Mixed – 50 Seeds

Didiscus ‘Lacy Mix’ is one of those flowers that feels like it has wandered straight out of a very stylish cottage garden and somehow ended up looking completely at home in a modern cutting garden.

The flowers are the real stars — delicate, airy little clouds made up of tiny blooms, usually appearing in gorgeous shades of soft blue, lavender, pink and white. They sit on slender stems above finely divided foliage, giving the whole plant that lovely floaty, almost frothy look that gardeners are currently obsessed with.

And honestly, it’s the texture that makes Didiscus so good. It doesn’t have the solid, chunky presence of a zinnia or sunflower; instead, it dances around them, filling the gaps with something light and romantic. Pop it through a planting of cosmos, ammi and grasses and suddenly the whole garden looks effortlessly chic.

For the cutting garden, it’s a beauty. The long stems and unusual, lace-like flower heads make it particularly gorgeous in loose, contemporary bouquets where you want that slightly wild, just-picked-from-the-garden feeling.

Didiscus Lacy Mix is basically the cool-girl flower of the cottage garden — delicate without being fussy, unusual without trying too hard, and absolutely brilliant for adding a bit of airy elegance wherever it grows.